| Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Children's Literature |
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Routledge library editions. Children's literature.
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| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Original Title Page""; ""Original Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Reading for the Empire""; ""Boys, class, and culture""; ""A good boy�s paper: B.O.P.""; ""2 Schoolboys""; ""Manly boys and young gentlemen""; ""Out of bounds""; ""Passing the love of women""; ""3 Island stories""; ""After Crusoe: the Robinsonade""; ""Going Native: The Coral Island""; ""The art of fiction: Treasure Island""; ""4 A man�s world""; ""Scrambling for Africa: Haggard and Henty""; ""Conrad�s man""; ""5 Empire boys"" |
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""Defending the Empire: Scouting for Boys""""Kipling�s boyhood empire: Kim""; ""Lord of the jungle: Tarzan of the Apes""; ""Conclusion""; ""Further Reading""; ""Index"" |
| Notes |
Originally published in 1991. Focusing on 'boys' own' literature, this book examines the reasons why such a distinct type of combative masculinity developed during the heyday of the British Empire. This book reveals the motives that produced this obsessive focus on boyhood. In Victorian Britain many kinds of writing, from the popular juvenile weeklies to parliamentary reports, celebrated boys of all classes as the heroes of their day. Fighting fit, morally upright, and proudly patriotic - these adventurous young men were set forth on imperial missions, civilizing a savage world. Such noble her |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317365600 |
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1317365607 |
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